Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 190
PNEUMATICS. 185 perfectly constant, it is nec-casary that the differenceof lengths of the columns ofliquid in both branchesshould be immovable.Thia may be effected byconnecting the sj^Dhon witha float and pulley, aa is■pepresented in Fig. 181. The curi- Fio. 181. Explain thephenomenonof… … ous pheno-menon ofintermittingsprings may be explainedupon the principle of thesyphon. These springs runfor a time and then stop ^-:altogether, and after a timerun again, and then stop.If we suppose a reservoirin the interior of a hiU ormountain, with a syphon-like channel running from it, asin…
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